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JOHN EDWARD PARTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1948 – July 4, 1972
Service recordJohn Edward Parton, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 52
- STEPHEN HOWARD CUTHBERTMajor · July 3, 1972
- STEPHEN MICHAEL BRUMFIELDPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1972
- ROBERT DAVID HAMILTONSpecialist Four · July 4, 1972
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.